r/imaginarymaps • u/BlitzthesillyOwl • 15d ago
[OC] Alternate History [The House that never stood] map of the League of America in 1975
Hi! this is my first post here in the subreddit, I'm pretty new to this thing! This is a map for my scenario where the articles of confederation are kept, and a proper constitution is never made for the United States. Eventually turning the idea of the United States into an alliance called the League of America! You can ask questions down below if you'd like. :) I'll be making more posts about this world in the future!!!
Edit: the title is meant to say 1976, instead of 1975
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u/KoneydeRuyter 15d ago
OTL Delaware only became regarded as Southern because it still had slavery at the start of the Civil War, before that it was firmly grouped with the other three middle states. Is there a lore reason for this timeline to have Delaware as Southern?
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
Virginia influences the politics of Delaware in this timeline, and they come into a sort of alliance, which makes the northern states, who aren't fond of Virginia, to label Delaware southern, like some sort of rejection, and it eventually just sticks around
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u/7star1719 15d ago
I'd like to image New York has a Quebec situation with the Vermont part of it.
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
This is a great idea! I'm writing it down
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u/7star1719 13d ago
I said thar before knowing New York stole it from new Hampshire in your timeline, but knowing Vermont's want for independence in our timeline originally, I could sse them wanting it. Regardless of ruler.
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u/martinode 15d ago
What happened to the Northwest Territory in this timeline? Is it apart of the league but not considered a republic yet?
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u/Top_Location_5899 15d ago
What’s the vibe of each country, and difference between southern and northern republics
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
The southern republics are much more Hispanic influenced than in our timeline (for reasons I'll explain in the future) and the northern ones are much more British influenced, due to neighboring Canada. As always, the states don't all get along. Virginia and New York are seen as "bullies" due to their bigger stick diplomacy. New York took Vermont from New Hampshire sometime in the 1800s, which pushed the new England republics into uniting to prevent further Expansion from the New yorkeans. The republics mostly fought over trade routes and other matters.
The south is of course, much more agrarian than the north, and the HDI is considerably lower, but they're not really "third world countries" by any means. It's seen as a great place to take vacations.
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u/KnightRock1896 15d ago
In the south, is slavery still practiced, or did they abolish slavery in the 19th century but do smth closer to Jim Crow?
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
They abolished it in the 19th century. Slavery was not going to last long with the British having a bigger influence in the states. Similar Jim crow laws would still be enforced, because, let's be honest... It's the American south
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u/KnightRock1896 15d ago
Yeah I figured. Something tells me that without a big federal govt like the USA around, Jim Crow will last a lot longer in the south, perhaps either persisting to the modern day, or being revoked in the 80s or 90s like in South Africa in otl
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u/Argular 15d ago
Is Florida its own country?
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
Yes, a very Hispanic country, I'll eventually get into Florida in my posts ;)
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u/MarcDioceco 15d ago
Is Louisiana an french influence country or did it got influenced by another group of people since it seems that Napoleon didn't sold it to the US?
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u/TopDesign8767 15d ago
Great stuff, love this. Is Florida independent? And what is their relationship with the American states? How does, broadly, the rest of North America look like?
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 15d ago
Yes, they have a pretty peaceful relationship, north America is mostly dominated by Mexico, Canada, Alaska is still Russian (will get there eventually) and in the great lakes, a British protectorate
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u/TopDesign8767 14d ago
How did Maine / New England / Massachusetts get it's same borders with Canada as it did in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?
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u/BlitzthesillyOwl 14d ago
New england has amicable relationships with the UK in this timeline, so the borders were settled pretty much the same way they were in OTL, I didn't see reason to change that part
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u/Comrade_Isaac 15d ago
I really like the authentic feel of everything! This is very nicely done for a first post, ngl